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Pay per Mile Tax for EVs On the Way
Electric vehicle (EV) drivers will be hit with a new pay-per-mile tax in the Budget, The Telegraph can reveal.
EVs Stuck Below 22%
Carmakers will doubtless roll their deficits against ZEV targets forward to next year, but this is sillier than taking out a payday loan!
Govt To Subsidise EVs Again
The cost of some new electric cars will soon be reduced by up to £3,750 under grants being introduced by the government to encourage drivers to move away from petrol…
Car Leasing Association Wants Govt Support As EV Second Hand Prices Plummet!
Leasing companies have gambled that second hand values for EVs would be as strong as for conventional cars. It is a gamble that could cost them billions.
NYSERDA Electric Vehicle Propaganda
Here is another example of a jurisdiction desperately trying to put a positive spin on their floundering net-zero transition efforts.
BVRLA warns of coming EV residual value storm
But soon they will be dealing with much greater volumes of EVs, along with lower volumes of profitable ICE cars.
2024 Registrations Of New Electric Cars Plummet 27.5% In Germany…”Petrol Dominates”
To make matters worse for the German green movement, President Trump will certainly bring energy prices down in USA, and thus further exacerbate Germany’s economic uncompetitiveness. Germany’s needs to wake…
We Are Close To Blackouts Now–But What About 2030?
We will no doubt muddle through again, but nobody in the media seems to be pointing to the elephant in the room; the fact that demand for electricity will start…
Government Disinformation on EVs
But the Government is not doing that. Instead it is deliberately claiming that drivers will benefit from the transition to EVs. But they know full well that by the time…
Automakers may rue choosing bureaucrats over customers
It remains to be seen just how the incoming Trump Administration will impact the BEV marketplace. Trump keeps saying that BEVs have a role while disparaging automakers now venturing into hydrogen-based fueling…
Trumping the Electric Vehicle Mandate
Four principles will likely guide the Trump Administration’s actions on the auto industry in the next several months: (a) tariffs to protect domestic auto industry jobs, (b) fighting against mandates…
Electric Vehicles: A Tale of Woe in the Absence of the Market Process
There is a market for electric vehicles, but government mandates and subsidies—regulators predicting winners and losers—cause more harm than good. By forcing technology into widespread use before it is ready…
Don’t Feel Sorry For VW… Liberal Arts College Dropout, Anti-Auto-Activist on Supervisory Board!
She dropped out of all her studies without a degree. Moreover, she’s an anti-car activist who travels by bicycle. She has neither industrial management experience, financial expertise nor an inkling…
Ford Lost Another $1.2 Billion in 3Q On EVs
The ugly EV news from Ford Motor Company just keeps coming. This afternoon, the company reported that it lost $1.224 billion in its EV business during the third quarter. In…
If Green Energy is the Future, Bring a Fire Extinguisher
Alternative energy is exploding─literally. Lithium battery fires are breaking out on highways and in factories, home garages, and storage rooms. The rise in battery fires is amplified by government efforts…
Climate Change Weekly #522: EV Owners Have Big Carbon Footprints
In this issue: EV Owners Have Big Carbon Footprints Green Equipment Companies Are Poor Investments
Why Are Well-Off EV Owners Charged Half as Much as Poor Pensioners for Off-Peak Electricity?
In any case, here is an even greater mystery: why are people who are sat shivering at home in poorly insulated, under-heated social housing paying about twice as much per…
Swingeing tariffs on Chinese EV makers threaten to wipe out Europe’s legacy companies
Few industries are as susceptible to the shifting sands of international policy on trade and protectionism as the automotive sector. And never more so than now with the transition to…
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